<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7638.1"> <TITLE>RE: Running A Generic Application In an X Window</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  That looks like it might do what I want actually. The only catch is when I try to run Xnest with -parent I get the following error [mdolloff@dolloff-matthew ~]$ Xnest :1 -parent 48234555 Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes) Serial number of failed request: 99 Current serial number in output stream: 100 Any idea what is going on? Sorry for all the questions, but I am really new to X programming. -----Original Message----- From: xorg-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org on behalf of Glynn Clements Sent: Fri 4/14/2006 4:12 AM To: xorg@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: Running A Generic Application In an X Window Russell Shaw wrote: > > I have an application that opens an X window within itself and I am > > trying to allow any other generic application to open inside the X > > window that was opened by this program. I have the window ID for the > > blank X window, but I am not sure how to get the app to actually open in > > it. > > Applications that create a top-level window just create it on the root window. > To make them open on a different window, would require the app have a command > option for passing the new "virtual root" window for it to use. > > If you wrote a window manager, it could identify specific applications and > reparent their top-level window into any other window you like. Alternatively, you could run Xnest in your application-supplied window using the -parent switch, then run the application on the Xnest display. As the application would be running on a separate display, inter-program communication (copy/paste, drag/drop etc) won't work without some additional effort. -- Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com> _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org <A HREF="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</A> </BODY> </HTML>